The developing countries are being asked to pay astronomical costs for the vaccines which need to be imported and due to the limited supply (since they are only manufactured in some places) there is not enough supply.
Some of the folks are suggesting that the Pharma companies license the technologies to local production plants, like how Oxford-AstraZeneca is being manufactured in India so that they can manufacture it at a cheaper cost and reduce the stress on the global supply chain that is frankly struggling to meet the demand.
More radical folks are suggesting that the IP should be made open to all since it was funded by Tax dollars/Euros/Yen/Rupees etc. In fact the original plan was for Oxford to make its vaccine open access but the Gates foundation convinced them to not do that. (https://khn.org/news/rather-than-give-away-its-covid-vaccine...)
Remember it's not like the Virus will respect the borders and decide not to spread to the 'developed' countries once it mutates and it will, it's just a matter of time.
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The developing countries are being asked to pay astronomical costs for the vaccines which need to be imported and due to the limited supply (since they are only manufactured in some places) there is not enough supply.
Some of the folks are suggesting that the Pharma companies license the technologies to local production plants, like how Oxford-AstraZeneca is being manufactured in India so that they can manufacture it at a cheaper cost and reduce the stress on the global supply chain that is frankly struggling to meet the demand.
More radical folks are suggesting that the IP should be made open to all since it was funded by Tax dollars/Euros/Yen/Rupees etc. In fact the original plan was for Oxford to make its vaccine open access but the Gates foundation convinced them to not do that. (https://khn.org/news/rather-than-give-away-its-covid-vaccine...)
Remember it's not like the Virus will respect the borders and decide not to spread to the 'developed' countries once it mutates and it will, it's just a matter of time.
- Suramya